1400's and 1500's
1600's
1700's
1800's
Constitution
100
The Queen whose reign was known as the golden age of England
Queen Elizabeth I
100
The name of the first settlement in Virginia
Jamestown
100
The year the Declaration of Independence was signed
1776
100
The man who owned a monopoly on all the train companies
Vanderbilt
100
The four parts of the first amendment
Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of the Press, Freedom to protest
200
This queen almost signed her sister's death warrant to avoid having England become a protestant country
Queen Mary I
200
This girl saved John Smith and Jamestown from starvation and destruction at 10-years-old.
Pocohantas
200
Name three founding fathers
George Washington, John Adams, Ben Franklin
200
The idea that westward expansion was God's idea and Americans should spread democracy and capitalism across the continent
Manifest Destiny
200
Second amendment
Right to bear arms(own guns) and form a militia
300
This explorer crossed over to America in 1492
Christopher Columbus
300
This group came to America to escape religious persecution in England. They wanted to practice their religion freely.
The pilgrims
300
The act that taxed all kinds of paper in the colonies
stamp tax
300
The president who forced the Native Americans to leave their homes to move to Oklahoma via "The Trail of Tears"
Andrew Jackson
300
The three branches of government
Legislative, judicial, executive
400
"The Sea Dog"
Sir Francis Drake
400
The spot where the pilgrims landed
Plymouth Rock
400
Greatest traitor in American History
Benedict Arnold
400
Our second war with Great Britain for control of the western frontier
War of 1812
400
The two groups that make up congress
House of Representatives and Senate
500
This man discovered several lakes and rivers, one in New York is named after him.
Henry Hudson
500
This colony was a result of people being kicked out of Massachusetts for not being religiously strict enough
Rhode Island
500
The battle that won the Revolutionary War for America
Battle of Yorktown
500
The state Lewis and Clark ended their expedition in
Oregon
500
The president's power to stop a bill from becoming law
veto
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